India Ashok reports:
A hacker going by the name MuslimLeets (aka Muj4hida) conducted targeted cyberattacks against the American Human Rights Council (AHRC) and 62 other websites, affecting businesses including those run by doctors, lawyers, real estate firms and more. The websites were defaced with messages calling for jihad.
AHRC executive director Imad Hamad confirmed the hack in post on the organisations’ website, adding that hacker had somehow gained access to their servers. The site’s webhost Novocam as well as law enforcement authorities are currently investigating the attacks.
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Novocam founder Mohammad Abdulaziz also confirmed that the hack originated from AHRC and then spread to dozens of other sites on the same server, Detroit News reported.
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